Hohai University, referred to as "Hehai" for short, is a national key university directly under the people of China and the Ministry of Education. It is characterized by water conservancy, with the advantage of engineering, and the coordinated development of economics, management, literature, science, law, art, teaching and agriculture. The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Water Resources, the State Oceanic Administration and the People's Government of Jiangsu Province rank among the "double first-class" in China.